AP Human Geography Chapter 13 Flashcards

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Urbanized area
A central city plus its contiguous built-up suburbs
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
In the United States, a central city of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the city
Micropolitan statistical areas
An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the county in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city
Concentric zone model (Burgess)
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
Sector model (Hoyt)
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district
Multiple nuclei model (Harris and Ullman)
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
Census tract
An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urbanized areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods
Squatter settlements
An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade stuctures
Filtering
A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
Redlining
A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries
Urban renewal
Program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private owners, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers
Public housing
Housing owned by the government; in the U.S., it is rented to residents with low incomes, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families' incomes
Gentrification
A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class and owner-occupied area
Underclass
A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics
Annexation
Legally adding land area to a ctiy in the United States